(VOVworld) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday Israel will maintain its offensive in Gaza until all of its military objectives are accomplished.
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Smoke and debris rise after an Israeli airstrike on the Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the Israel-Gaza border on the second day of Operation Protective Edge, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. ( Photo: Flash90) |
A statement by the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said military operations could be resumed by September 1 and that Tel Aviv will compensate Israeli citizens in the south who are hurt economically because of the offensive. The statement was released as the international community tries to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Gaza which has killed 2,000 Palestinians and injured 10,500, while killing 64 Israeli soldiers and 5 Israeli civilians. The UN said 70 percent of the Palestinian victims were civilians, including 478 children. Some 460,000 people, one-fourth of Gaza’s residents, have fled their homes in Gaza because of the conflict.
